{"id":63,"date":"2017-07-20T16:28:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T16:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-styleguide2\/chapter\/simple-verb-tenses\/"},"modified":"2017-07-20T16:28:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T16:28:11","slug":"simple-verb-tenses","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-styleguide2\/chapter\/simple-verb-tenses\/","title":{"raw":"Simple Verb Tenses","rendered":"Simple Verb Tenses"},"content":{"raw":"

What is tense? There are three standard tenses in English: past, present and future.\u00a0All three of these tenses have simple and more complex forms. For now we'll just focus on the simple present (things happening now), the simple past (things that happened before), and the simple future (things that will happen later).\n<\/p>

Tenses<\/h2>\n

Present Tense<\/h3>\nWatch this quick introduction to the present tense:\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/gRlrZrDL5QI\n

Past Tense<\/h3>\nWatch this quick introduction to the past\u00a0tense:\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/zS6N5EqXpCY\n

Future Tense<\/h3>\nWatch this quick introduction to the future\u00a0tense:\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/LvlpEPHPhpI\n
Note:<\/strong> You may have noticed that in\u00a0the present tense video David talked about \"things that are happening right now\" and that he mentioned there were other ways to create the past and future tense. We'll discuss these in further depth in Advanced Verb Tenses.<\/div>\n

Conjugation<\/h2>\nMost verbs will follow the\u00a0pattern that we just learned in the previous videos:\n
Person<\/strong><\/td>\nPast<\/strong><\/td>\nPresent<\/strong><\/td>\nFuture<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>
I<\/td>\nverb +\u00a0ed<\/em><\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nwill verb<\/td>\n<\/tr>
We<\/td>\nverb +\u00a0ed<\/em><\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nwill verb<\/td>\n<\/tr>
You<\/td>\nverb +\u00a0ed<\/em><\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nwill verb<\/td>\n<\/tr>
He, She, It<\/td>\nverb +\u00a0ed<\/em><\/td>\nverb + s <\/em>(or es<\/em>)<\/td>\nwill verb<\/td>\n<\/tr>
They<\/td>\nverb +\u00a0ed<\/em><\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nwill verb<\/td>\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

To Walk<\/em><\/h4>\nLet's look at the verb\u00a0to walk<\/em> for an example:\n
Person<\/strong><\/td>\nPast<\/strong><\/td>\nPresent<\/strong><\/td>\nFuture<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>
I<\/td>\nwalked<\/td>\nwalk<\/td>\nwill walk<\/td>\n<\/tr>
We<\/td>\nwalked<\/td>\nwalk<\/td>\nwill walk<\/td>\n<\/tr>
You<\/td>\nwalked<\/td>\nwalk<\/td>\nwill walk<\/td>\n<\/tr>
He, She, It<\/td>\nwalked<\/td>\nwalks<\/td>\nwill walk<\/td>\n<\/tr>
They<\/td>\nwalked<\/td>\nwalk<\/td>\nwill walk<\/td>\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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Practice<\/h3>\nChange the tense of each sentence as directed below. You can type your answers in the text field below:\n
  1. Make this sentence present tense: Alejandra directed a play.<\/li>\n \t
  2. Make this sentence past tense: Lena will show me\u00a0how to use a microscope.<\/li>\n \t
  3. Make this sentence future tense: Gabrielly eats a lot of hamburgers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\n[reveal-answer q=\"474777\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\n[hidden-answer a=\"474777\"]\n
    1. Alejandra directs<\/strong>\u00a0a play.<\/li>\n \t
    2. Lena\u00a0showed<\/strong>\u00a0me how to use a microscope.<\/li>\n \t
    3. Gabrielly will eat<\/strong>\u00a0a lot of hamburgers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[\/hidden-answer]\n\n<\/div>\n

      Irregular Verbs<\/h3>\nThere are a lot of irregular verbs. Unfortunately, there's a lot of memorization involved in keeping them straight. This video shows\u00a0a few of the irregular verbs\u00a0you'll have to use the most often (to be<\/em>,\u00a0to have<\/em>, to do<\/em>, and\u00a0to say<\/em>):\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/ZKr--3HpP_A\n\nHere's a list of several irregular past tense verbs.<\/a>\n
      \n

      Practice<\/h3>\nChange the tense of each sentence as directed below. You can type your answers in the text field below:\n
      1. Make this sentence present tense: Ysabella was really good at getting others to open up.<\/li>\n \t
      2. Make this sentence past tense:\u00a0Rodrigo will have a B+ in his math class.<\/li>\n \t
      3. Make this sentence future tense:\u00a0Amanda\u00a0said she didn't want to go to the party.<\/li>\n \t
      4. Make this sentence past tense:\u00a0Jordan does five hundred sit-ups.<\/li>\n \t
      5. Make this sentence present tense:\u00a0Marcela ran a car wash down the street from my house.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\n[reveal-answer q=\"474777\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\n[hidden-answer a=\"474777\"]\n
        1. Ysabella is<\/strong>\u00a0really good at getting others to open up.<\/li>\n \t
        2. Rodrigo had<\/strong>\u00a0a B+ in his math class.<\/li>\n \t
        3. Amanda will say<\/strong>\u00a0she doesn't<\/strong>\u00a0want to go to the party.\n
          • Notice that when the tense of the first verb changed, the tense of the second verb did as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n \t
          • Jordan did<\/strong>\u00a0five hundred sit-ups.<\/li>\n \t
          • Marcela runs<\/strong>\u00a0a car wash down the street from my house.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[\/hidden-answer]\n\n<\/div>","rendered":"

            What is tense? There are three standard tenses in English: past, present and future.\u00a0All three of these tenses have simple and more complex forms. For now we’ll just focus on the simple present (things happening now), the simple past (things that happened before), and the simple future (things that will happen later).\n<\/p>\n

            Tenses<\/h2>\n

            Present Tense<\/h3>\n

            Watch this quick introduction to the present tense:<\/p>\n